The Lofoten Islands, that's midnight sun and northern lights. Fish and sturdy boats. Grey/black mountains rise from the deep blue ocean high into the sky. At their feet there are small wooden fishing villages where cod dries on racks. Eagles circle above schools of herring, driven to the coast by killer whales. Otters on the rocks chew on the fish and crabs they just caught. The Norwegian archipelago the Lofoten, located above the Arctic Circle, is considered among the most beautiful archipelagos in the world. On this website photographer Eric Fokke shows why.

Last week I spent a few days on Røst, the outermost inhabited island of the Lofoten, to experience the last part of the cod season. At Røst everything revolves around fish, especially stockfish. By the way, this season is the worst in many years. The quota has been reduced again and fish seem to stay more in the north. New photos in Fisheries, Spring, Northern Lights.